This is the latest installment of my eurorack modular synth build process. Its been about 10 months of buying and learning new modules and understanding the new permutations that come with each purchase. I am still a little cloudy on the Maths module but otherwise feel like I have a solid handle on most everything else. I had started a new track and let it languish a little as other commitments were getting in the way, but the purchase of a used Fender Jazz Bass was enough to get me back in the studio playing with some sounds, and the modular patch I was working with started sounding interesting, so I rolled a little video.
redvoid’s “windy city summers” mix
I made this mix after spinning some great music festivals, and getting a chance to travel this summer and see great music away, and there was a feeling I came away from all that with, that made me want to do a mix to capture that vibe, and this is it. Its available as a [...]
combining social media for musicians: youlicense soundcloud & bmi together
This week I had a kind of “ah ha” moment, where no matter how semi savvy I am with a multitude of various social networks, and with the music business itself, every so often there is a use that eludes me, especially as it concerns the integration of multiple sites to create something systematic that [...]
new namm 2010 gear from doepfer roundup
Well its January 2010 so you know what that means? Its NAMM time again, so the flood of new product offerings and announcements is underway. Looks like Doepfer has several new products, some of which look quite promising. Remember of course, that none of these are shipping, and the designs of some of these modules [...]
the journey begins: starting a modular synthesizer from scratch
I am starting to put together a modular synthesizer from scratch and figured it was a good opportunity to share my experiences as I go, to hopefully help others in this same quest. My last post “full circle: my return to modular synthesis” was about my desire to get back into modular synthesizer programming, which [...]
getting “in the zone” by staying open
Image via Wikipedia “Open” is how I feel when I am “in the zone” which is a phrase used a lot by jazz artists who improvise. Both terms are used by practitioners of meditation and free diving as well and it turns out they are talking about the same thing. When free diving the experience [...]
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